THOUSANDS of failed asylum seekers are being paid up to £3,500 taxpayers' cash to start their own BUSINESSES when they are sent home. They are given the huge hand-outs with no questions asked — and the government has absolutely NO way of knowing what they do with our money, the News of the World can reveal.

Last year alone nearly 5,000 were sent packing with a wad of cash. If a whole family is kicked out EVERY member can claim the state grant, meaning they walk away with a fortune.

The great giveaway is part of the government's Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme, for asylum seekers who agree to return to their home countries. The cash is also freely dished out to be spent on education, training or housing. Home Office Minister Liam Byrne said three-fifths of asylum-seekers claim the hand-outs, with 87 per cent saying they want to start their own business. But he admits there are no checks to verify that the ventures are genuine.

THOUSANDS of failed asylum seekers are being paid up to £3,500 taxpayers' cash to start their own BUSINESSES when they are sent home. They are given the huge hand-outs with no questions asked — and the government has absolutely NO way of knowing what they do with our money, the News of the World can reveal.

Last year alone nearly 5,000 were sent packing with a wad of cash. If a whole family is kicked out EVERY member can claim the state grant, meaning they walk away with a fortune.

The great giveaway is part of the government's Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme, for asylum seekers who agree to return to their home countries. The cash is also freely dished out to be spent on education, training or housing. Home Office Minister Liam Byrne said three-fifths of asylum-seekers claim the hand-outs, with 87 per cent saying they want to start their own business. But he admits there are no checks to verify that the ventures are genuine.